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ATR 005EP
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It's The Beat is the second release from John Tejada & Arian Leviste on Another. This EP is an homage to early '80s New York City, a massive influence on John Tejada and Arian Leviste's work. All tracks have been produced with an SP1200 to keep things a bit raw -- don't sleep on this one.
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ATR 003EP
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For Another's third release, the label welcomes the legendary John Tejada alongside his forever partner in crime Arian Leviste. This special duo dug into their archives and here's what they delivered: four old-school flavored bomb tracks.
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AREAL 087EP
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John Tejada and Arian Leviste are back on Areal after their much celebrated release Reactance (AREAL 077EP, 2015). These guys have been working for 25 years together, meeting up weekly in the studio to try new things. They say that it is their longest and most special collaboration. They use mainly hardware with an old school mindset that comes more from the early '80s NYC hip hop culture than anything else. Early pioneers misusing gear and making the best of their limitations. Hysteresis is strongly functional for the club.
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AREAL 077EP
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On a hot summer day, I suddenly got up to return my friend's basketball, after not returning it for more than ten years. I don't know why I had to do it. I was flooded with memories. One was especially blurry, the one where I pick up that basketball. I was alone in my friend's garage, the repetitive sound of filtered kickdrums coming from inside the house. The garage door was open. I try to put the ball back in the cardboard box as the garage door closes. Darkness. A voice whispers: "I smell your sound I eat your colors."
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WPP 002EP
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"Western Starland" is surely one of the signature tunes by tech-funk luminary John Tejada and his long-time collaborateur Ariane Leviste. Originally released in 2001 on his Palette imprint, this is one of those tunes that never leaves crates and if you have been dancing anywhere in the last 10 years, you'll instantly recognize those synthetic string chords. Tejada revamps the original with a brand-new 2011 mix and the flip holds the glorious original plus the Tejada VIP mix from 2003.
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PAL 059EP
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Palette Recordings celebrates its 13-year anniversary with a release by John Tejada & Arian Leviste, who have been collaborating for over 18 years now. With this release, the duo comes full circle, combining some of their oldest production techniques with newer ones. "Messenger," with its intro of modular synths and rhythmic pads, breaks out of its sinister drop full-force into a multi-dimensional crowd-pleaser. "Observer" features a fierce pace that combines vintage synth stabs and drum machines, recreating a classic vibe.
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PAL 053EP
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Tejada & Leviste presents M Tracks, featuring 4 analog workouts in varying styles. "M Track 1" is a melodic yet driving track. "M Track 2" and "3" focuses on basic elements while "M Track 4" is more experimental. Analog sequencers were used to drive the various modular synths and their components. Doepfer and Frostwave sequencers, and modular systems Cwejman, Doepfer, Harvestman and Bananalogue modules were used. Analog drum machines aided in the rhythms; however, "M Track 3" was entirely generated from pure modular hardware.
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PAL 044EP
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This 3-tracker starts off a string of 12"s by the collaborative genius of John Tejada and Arian Leviste. This duo multiplies the motion, the funk, the accurate timing, the control, the tension, the groove, the deepness, the classic techno-ness, for this release. Check out the ultra-intense, sturdy "Multiplier," an awfully rocking definite consensus tune in the making. "Mathemagician" feels like the "Mono On Mono" update you've been waiting for.
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PAL 036CD
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"Back for Basics is John Tejada and Arian Leviste's first full-length collaboration since their remarkable Fairfax Sake album on German Playhouse in 2003 and maybe altogether their best production to date. The 10 tracks of the CD (8 brand new plus the recently released 'Psycho Happiness' and 'Ghetto Platipus') flow together like one piece and come on like a highly-needed techno landmark in the 'conscious' retro electro times of 2005. Just check how the nervous feel of 'Patterns' gloriously blends with the warm liquidy electronic bliss of 'From Empty Words' and back to the energetic 'Triad Jack' -- sensible, intense and tempting for more. Tejada and Leviste's advanced production technique makes a sound you'll be hard put to name, right in the sweet spot between house and techno, breaks and 808s, plucked strings and patch cables, edits and immediacy. It's sunlight and silicon; it's a breath of fresh air. Can you feel it?"
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